The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-15
F,ch License IN New York.


Neither New York nor Brooklyn is to
have either prohibition or high license yet
awhile The action Of Gov Hill in vetoing
the Crosby high license was a great dis
appointment to the conservative element Of
the temperance people. There is no doubt
that # this bill had been permitted to be
come q law crime, drunkenness and pow
crty in IT'S worst aspects would have greatly
decreased The class Of barrooms which do
the most harm would have been driven out
Of existence The bill was passed by the
hardest kind Of York of its friends in both
houses Of the Legislature, but all tho while
that it was being considered there was a
suspicion that it would be vetoed.
GOV. Hill gives apparently very good
reasons Tor his veto, but there are grave
doubts whether thev,will bear careful ex-
animation He thinks the bin places bur
derns unequally, and that some of its pro-
visions are unconstitutional. Some very able
lawyers were interested in the passage Of
the bill, and they have no doubt that it is
constitutional, and the support is knocked
from under that portion Of the veto which
is based upon the assertionsthat the bill i'm
poses unequal burdens by the fact that it is
not srevenue measure at all The aim of
it is to restrict the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors.
The fact appears to be that the Governor
had decided to veto the bill before he had a
chance to consider its merits. He was OPP
posed to it, and therefore had no great diff
Guilty in finding arguments to support his
course. 1t would be interesting to know
what effect this veto viii have upon the
Governors prospects for the Presidential
nomination Of his party, assuming of &C rise
that his ambition will lead him in that d.
rectioI. He certainly can expect no assist
ance from those who favor temperance.
The Presidents Southern Visit.
The President has selected very pleasant
season of the year to visit the South The
weather is delightful in Atlanta as well as
in this city i'll October. OF course the Presi-
dent would hardly think of coming to
Georgia without visiting Savannah. He
will doubtless find much to interest him at
Atlanta, and the Piedmont fair, which viii
be open in October, will be an attraction,
but to see a genuine Southern city-the most
Savannah.
The people of this city would be gratified
by visit from President Cleveland They
have watched his consistent course and hear
tily indorse it, They have noticed that since
his Inauguration there has been complete
restoration OF good feeling throughout the
entire country and a remarkable industrial
awakening in the South, and they would
like to show him their appreciation of his
administration Doubtless his plans have
not yet been arranged, but when they are it
is sincerely hoped that they will include this
city as one of the points to be visited.
DIR. Oscar LEM, who has just completed a
prolonged tour of exploration in Africa, I'M
dertaken by direction of the King of the
Belgians, has made an interesting report
concerning missionary work in Africa. He
acknowledges the good intentions of those
who send missionaries to Africa but asserts
that they expend large sums of money for
very small results. Negroes who are taught
! to read and write by the missionaries gen
| orally become unfit for any manual occupa-
ton. They think themselves as good as
the white man, look upon toll as undigni-
fed, and when not holding large and noisy
prayer meetings, at which each wants to
take his turn at preaching, they wander
about begging. They become very angry
when they are not permitted to live entirely
upon the charity of their white fellow Chris
| tians. The owners of European factories
will not give the converted Africans EN-
ployment. DIR. LEM declares that most of
the converts relapse into barbarsm and
vagabondage, their last state being worse
than their first, because, he says, THE rene
gade native convert almost always becomes a
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